Doubleajaybrock
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- Westminster, Colorado
Whats the story? Yes or No?
I'll be honest, I dont do a lot of severe off-roading, very mild.
I'll be honest, I dont do a lot of severe off-roading, very mild.
Everyone has their own opinion on this. Plenty of people do it and succeed. Plenty of people do it and break all kinds of crap.
I wheel the crap out my Jeep. Not afraid of a tough trail and not afraid to use the throttle. Broke both ring gears, but fixed em both and they survived my last trip out.
How do you fix a broken ring gear????
How do you fix a broken ring gear????
How do you fix a broken ring gear????
The higher the gear ratio is (gearing wise, not numerically) the stronger the gearset will *most likely* be. There are exceptions.
This is because the pinion size is larger for high gearing, with more teeth, while the ring gear diameter stays the same (it gets thinner but that generally isn't a concern.) Your axleshafts will also thank you for the high gearing, because they see less torque this way, but this means your driveshafts and transfer case see comparably more torque, and less torque at the wheels usually means worse performance offroad.
I've been running 35 bfg all terrains on my D35 for 2 years as daily driver and offroading rig. I've never broken a rear axle shaft (even with sick burnouts!); broken one front axle shaft when my friend was mashing the gas trying to get over a fallen tree.
In the end it depends mostly on how you are going to drive your jeep. balls-to-the-wall trail riding=upgrade your axle first. more delicate off roading=you can definitely get by